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Claude Wilkinson

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Claude Wilkinson

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1959-12-17 (Memphis, Tennessee)
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
Nesbit, Mississippi

Career

Occupations
poet, artist
Active Years
1998-2024
Affiliations
University of Mississippi

Education

University of Mississippi
Country: United States
Writer-in-residence
University of Memphis
Country: United States

Awards

Whiting Award
2000
Organization: Whiting Foundation
Result: Winner
Walter E. Dakin Fellowship in Poetry
1999
Category: Poetry
Organization: Sewanee Writers' Conference
Result: Winner
Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award
1997
Work: Reading the Earth
Category: Poetry
Organization: Lotus Press
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Reading the Earth: Poems

1998 Poetry

Joy in the Morning

2004 Poetry

Marvelous Light

Poetry

Bibliography

  • Beyond the frontier: African-American poetry for the 21st century
  • Say This of Horses
  • Evensong: contemporary American poets on spirituality
  • Fresh Water